, 1887-01-15

merce and home industries thrive, our ma
tional treasury, if honestly managed, will
soon regain a healthy condition Unlimited
wealth lies within orr borders in our ma
tional resources. We have only to devel-
Ope them, and we shall never require to
send commissioners to borrow for US Ill the
monetary centres of the world.
SECONDLY The Panama CGnGL-An know
that the completion of this great .undertak-
ing will give a mighty impulse TO the oom-
merce of the world. What the opening OfOur
river will be to the commerce of the nation
the opening of the Canal will be- to the
commerce of all nations. Shortening mara
time conveyance between Liverpool and
San Francisco by 10, 200 miles, and bring.
ing comparatively close together nations
now widely separated, the result must be
that the of the world will be
vastly augmented. Hence we ask, shall
we prepare to reap benefit from this mighty
changer or, shall we sit with folded arms
whilst Others wisely reap the coming har-
vests
With an open Canal, and an open river,
the facilities for communication between
the interior and our coast ports will be
increased. In a military sense The trans
port of troops and munitions will be rend-
cred easy, from Honda, Ell Banco, and
PeurtO Nacional to Rio Hacha, San Mar
ia or ~Carthagena, and from those sea ports
on the eastern coast to B-uenaventura on
the Pacific.
But we prefer not to look at the question
in a military sense. We prefer rather to
view the benefits which will be obtained
from the work from a peaceful standpoint.
Even here we have to speak %guardedly, i'll
order not to be taken for Missionaries III
calling attention to the vast benefits which
will follow the execution of the work.
The opening of the Panama Canal will
make the ports of Colombia the calling sta
ions on their way to the great maritime
highway of the world. English ships will
touch there to receive supplies of coal and
provisions on their way to British Austria
lasian and Indian possessions. The West
Coast Of The United States will be nearer
to us than the coasts Of New England and
the port of New York, and will receive
from uS her supplies of tropical products.
Lines OF steamers will trade between San
Francisco and our Colombian ports, whilst
others will pass here on their voyages from
San Francisco or Hong Kong to Rio Jan
GIRO, BuenoS Aires, or other East coast
ports. All these will call on their way to
ship or receive passengers, cargo, or mails.
Even a school boy must perceive the might
ty impulse which will be given to the COM
merce of nations, and especially to that of
Colombia, by the opening or the Canal.
Therefore we must prepare for this mighty
change, and our Legislators in BOgOta must
not lose time in laying the ground work so
that we may reap every advantage from
the change soon to be worked in the cur.
rents of the worlds traffic.
THIRDLY.-Tbe bearing Of the MagdaIenG
Improvements on oar relations a0ih other
pol0erS. If these Improvements are to be
made with foreign capital, probably from
the United States, it is natural to suppose
that, in the event of internal or external
war, that Republic would feel an interest
in protecting the property of it's citizens,
and we could then count, if our conduct is
guided by principles of right and justice,
on receiving at least the moral support OF
that government, whose good will it is well
to cultivate, as proved by experience in
the past, which leads us to the hope being
entertained that the same relations will be
maintained in the future.
With respect to other nations, which
are not directly or pecuniarily interested in
the improvement of the Magdalena, we
shall be drawn into closer connection with
them by the increment in trade, and the
whole world will see that our nation desires
to advance the welfare of it's people, and
cultivate the friendship and goodwill of
all others.-StGr d Herald.